https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/page/63/?d=4WordPress Posts: WordPress Postsenhttps://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/johnson-the-timberwolves-need-to-let-dario-%C5%A1ari%C4%87-breathe-r25908/When Jimmy Butler being traded became an inevitability, the most pressing question facing the Minnesota Timberwolves was about what sort of return they could fetch. Would the powers that be pursue a package that fortifies their future – like the reported offer including four first-round picks – or...25908Wed, 14 Nov 2018 06:00:35 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/karl-anthony-towns-and-the-wolves-second-unit-r25902/“General soreness” was the reason announced for Jimmy Butler’s sudden absence from Wednesday’s game against the Utah Jazz. Following Sunday night’s enveloping defeat to the Portland Trail Blazers, it would be an apropos title for the Wolves’ season to date. Of the team’s first 10 games, seven ha...25902Mon, 05 Nov 2018 08:40:27 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/brandon-%E2%80%9Chood%E2%80%9D-caicedo-is-t-wolves-gamings-inaugural-star-r25899/Brandon Caicedo averaged 29.2 points, 5.5 rebounds and 5.9 assists per game last season. Now, he’s a member of the Minnesota Timberwolves organization. It’s true – but there’s a little bit more to it than that. Hood Is Glitchy (just Hood for short), the customized player that Brandon created to...25899Wed, 31 Oct 2018 08:00:48 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/johnson-the-wolves-bench-is-keeping-things-close-r25893/On March 26 last spring – 16 days before the Timberwolves’ 2017-18 regular season came to an end – Jeff Teague addressed the media following a dispiriting loss to the tanking Memphis Grizzlies. “That might be like my third time in my life playing like 40 minutes,” the Wolves point guard explained...25893Thu, 25 Oct 2018 07:36:18 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/can-karl-anthony-towns-production-rise-in-a-perimeter-driven-offense-r25876/After scoring just eight points on nine field-goal attempts during his first career postseason outing last spring – a 104-101 loss to the Houston Rockets – Timberwolves center Karl-Anthony Towns was asked about his seemingly transient role within the team’s offensive game-plan. “We almost won the...25876Fri, 05 Oct 2018 08:30:41 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/timberwolves-player-profiles-anthony-tolliver-r25875/Charlie Johnson (@CjohnsNBA) contributed to this story. The Minnesota Timberwolves preseason is here. Additional player profiles below.  Jeff Teague Derrick Rose Tyus Jones Andrew Wiggins James Nunnally Josh Okogie Jimmy Butler Keita Bates-Diop C.J. Williams Luol Deng Taj Gibson Whe...25875Wed, 03 Oct 2018 08:00:12 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/timberwolves-player-profiles-luol-deng-r25864/Charlie Johnson (@CjohnsNBA) contributed to this story. The Minnesota Timberwolves preseason is here. Additional player profiles below.  Jeff Teague Derrick Rose Tyus Jones Andrew Wiggins James Nunnally Josh Okogie Jimmy Butler Keita Bates-Diop C.J. Williams Anthony Tolliver Taj Gibso...25864Wed, 03 Oct 2018 08:00:13 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/timberwolves-player-profiles-cj-williams-r25860/Charlie Johnson (@CjohnsNBA) contributed to this story. The Minnesota Timberwolves preseason is here. Additional player profiles below.  Jeff Teague Derrick Rose Tyus Jones Andrew Wiggins James Nunnally Josh Okogie Jimmy Butler Keita Bates-Diop Luol Deng Anthony Tolliver C.J. William...25860Tue, 18 Sep 2018 16:07:23 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/timberwolves-player-profiles-keita-bates-diop-r25859/Charlie Johnson (@CjohnsNBA) contributed to this story. The Minnesota Timberwolves preseason is here. Additional player profiles below.  Jeff Teague Derrick Rose Tyus Jones Andrew Wiggins James Nunnally Josh Okogie Jimmy Butler C.J. Williams Luol Deng Anthony Tolliver After four turb...25859Sat, 15 Sep 2018 07:55:14 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/timberwolves-player-profiles-jimmy-butler-r25858/Charlie Johnson (@CjohnsNBA) contributed to this story. The Minnesota Timberwolves preseason is here. Additional player profiles below. Jeff Teague Derrick Rose Tyus Jones Andrew Wiggins James Nunnally Josh Okogie Keita Bates-Diop C.J. Williams Luol Deng Anthony Tolliver Jimmy Butler...25858Fri, 14 Sep 2018 07:30:45 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/timberwolves-player-profiles-josh-okogie-r25855/Charlie Johnson (@CjohnsNBA) contributed to this story. The Minnesota Timberwolves preseason is here. Additional player profiles below.  Jeff Teague Derrick Rose Tyus Jones Andrew Wiggins James Nunnally Jimmy Butler Keita Bates-Diop C.J. Williams Luol Deng Anthony Tolliver Josh Okogi...25855Thu, 13 Sep 2018 08:00:52 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/timberwolves-player-profiles-james-nunnally-r25853/Charlie Johnson (@CJohnsNBA) contributed to this story. The Minnesota Timberwolves preseason is here. Additional player profiles below.  Jeff Teague Derrick Rose Tyus Jones Andrew Wiggins Josh Okogie Jimmy Butler Keita Bates-Diop C.J. Williams Luol Deng Anthony Tolliver From 2008-12,...25853Fri, 07 Sep 2018 08:24:44 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/timberwolves-player-profiles-andrew-wiggins-r25852/The Minnesota Timberwolves preseason is here. Additional player profiles below.  Jeff Teague Derrick Rose Tyus Jones James Nunnally Josh Okogie Jimmy Butler Keita Bates-Diop C.J. Williams Luol Deng Anthony Tolliver Over the first three seasons of his career, Andrew Wiggins was the alp...25852Fri, 07 Sep 2018 08:39:50 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/timberwolves-player-profiles-tyus-jones-r25850/Charlie Johnson (@CjohnsNBA) contributed to this story. The Minnesota Timberwolves preseason is here. Additional player profiles below.  Jeff Teague Derrick Rose Andrew Wiggins James Nunnally Josh Okogie Jimmy Butler Keita Bates-Diop C.J. Williams Luol Deng Anthony Tolliver Tyus Jone...25850Mon, 03 Sep 2018 08:00:51 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/timberwolves-player-profiles-derrick-rose-r25849/Charlie Johnson (@CJohnsNBA) contributed to this story. The Minnesota Timberwolves preseason is here. Additional player profiles below.  Jeff Teague Tyus Jones Andrew Wiggins James Nunnally Josh Okogie Jimmy Butler Keita Bates-Diop C.J. Williams Luol Deng Anthony Tolliver Last summer...25849Mon, 03 Sep 2018 08:00:37 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/timberwolves-player-profiles-jeff-teague-r25848/Charlie Johnson (@CjohnsNBA) contributed to this story. The Minnesota Timberwolves preseason is here. Additional player profiles below.  Derrick Rose Tyus Jones Andrew Wiggins James Nunnally Josh Okogie Jimmy Butler Keita Bates-Diop C.J. Williams Luol Deng Anthony Tolliver During the...25848Mon, 03 Sep 2018 08:00:28 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/talent-and-chemistry-contrasting-preseason-predictions-for-the-timberwolves-r25847/Earlier this month, the Westgate Las Vegas SuperBook released its 2018-19 win total lines on every NBA franchise. For some, this is an opportunity to identify teams that are misvalued and place a wager to exploit that inconsistency. As an onlooker, it’s a first glance at the perceived landscape of...25847Fri, 17 Aug 2018 08:00:57 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/a-conversation-about-the-unique-structure-of-divisions-in-the-nba-r25846/When the NBA returned to Charlotte in 2004-05 – making the Bobcats the league’s 30th team – it simultaneously reconstituted its divisional structure. Before the expansion, there were four divisions that encompassed 29 organizations. Afterwards, that number was broadened to six, each with five diff...25846Mon, 13 Aug 2018 10:53:27 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/james-nunnally-and-cj-williams-more-%E2%80%98thibs-guys-r25844/“Insane shooting numbers” and “rock solid vet” is the word on the Minnesota Timberwolves two newest signings: James Nunnally (the shooter) and CJ Williams (the vet). But beyond those demarcations, the two fit a larger archetype; one of maturity and an understanding that being great in their role...25844Thu, 09 Aug 2018 08:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/keita-bates-diop-a-befitting-name-for-a-unique-individual-r25843/Cheikh Anta Diop was a 20th-century scholar of African culture born in the Diourbel Region of French Senegal. He devoted his life to studying history, politics and anthropology. Diop was both famous and controversial for depicting a continuity among the people of Africa that transcends the intrica...25843Wed, 01 Aug 2018 08:00:03 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/anthony-tolliver-is-the-newest-%E2%80%98lateral-move-in-minnesota-r25841/Signing Jeff Teague was a lateral move, they said. The logic was that Ricky Rubio’s name would fall in the same bubble as Teague’s when people took out the pencil and legal pad to make a list of the top point guards in the league. But Tom Thibodeau disagreed. His willingness to pay Teague $19 mil...25841Sun, 29 Jul 2018 21:15:04 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/what-does-the-timberwolves-offseason-mean-for-their-future-r25840/The 2017-18 Timberwolves unearthed a dichotomy of emotions. On one hand, a reassembled roster finally ended the 14-year playoff drought that had plagued this franchise since the days of Kevin Garnett. On the other, a five-game thrashing by the Houston Rockets revealed the steep climb that remains....25840Wed, 25 Jul 2018 08:00:55 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/moore-had-the-timberwolves-missed-the-playoffs-they-could-have-pursued-kawhi-leonard-r25838/Early Wednesday morning, the San Antonio Spurs traded Kawhi Leonard and Danny Green for an expensive, high volume mid-range shooter locked up long-term, an impressive 22-year-old in the middle of his rookie contract and a late first-round pick in the 2019 draft. If you’re a Wolves follower, it’s h...25838Thu, 19 Jul 2018 08:00:27 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/josh-okogie-and-keita-bates-diop-a-wing-cocktail-in-vegas-r25836/LAS VEGAS — Summer League in Vegas is suped-up pickup basketball. And with the Minnesota Timberwolves summer squad featuring Josh Okogie and Keita Bates-Diop they possess two of the quintessential pickup hoops characters: The Freak and The Finesse. “He’s like old-school,” is how Okogie described...25836Wed, 11 Jul 2018 08:00:47 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/derrick-rose-signing-and-cole-aldrich-waiving-breeds-opportunity-for-timberwolves-r25835/If the goal of this offseason is to find a way — through cap hell — into finding an extra and meaningful piece to add to the core, signing Derrick Rose to a minimum contract and waiving Cole Aldrich were two steps in the right direction for the Minnesota Timberwolves. Many fans fall on the darker...25835Mon, 02 Jul 2018 13:15:36 +0000